Search Result for "slow_down":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. lose velocity; move more slowly;
- Example: "The car decelerated"
[syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard]

2. become slow or slower;
- Example: "Production slowed"
[syn: slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken]

3. cause to proceed more slowly;
- Example: "The illness slowed him down"
[syn: slow, slow down, slow up]

4. reduce the speed of;
- Example: "He slowed down the car"
[syn: decelerate, slow down]

5. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;
- Example: "He relaxed in the hot tub"
- Example: "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
[syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

slow down
    v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
         [syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up,
         retard] [ant: accelerate, quicken, speed, speed
         up]
    2: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow,
       slow down, slow up, slack, slacken]
    3: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
       [syn: slow, slow down, slow up]
    4: reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" [syn:
       decelerate, slow down] [ant: accelerate, speed,
       speed up]
    5: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
       the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
       relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow
       down] [ant: tense, tense up]